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lol back on here after i disappeared for almost a year. Although I've gone through a lot in that span of time i still love anime and the internet!! Lets be frens
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Today’s Short Manga Review
The day is ending and my ACTs are all done. I actually didn’t read that much manga when I finished, but it’s fine.
I don’t know why I suddenly wanted to come back to the forums, I posted on tumblr for a bit in my time gone to try and makes gifs for anime I felt was under-appreciated and have a space to discuss anime, but got burnt out fast since I was doin it daily and the reach is poor.
I picked up art again though. Gonna start postin on twitter when i have enough courage.
As for the manga review, I finished volume 1 of Dance in the Vampire Bund, got further into Kuroyuri apt, and started Saekano.
Oh, where do I even begin with Vampire Bund. I’m in love with Nozomu’s style, it’s so sick and gothic and cool. The portion of the first volume where Akira walks through the streets with all the partying vampires, it fascinated me to see a lot of the crowd were designed with piercings and a lot of western rave, emo, and punk style of the time in mind (2005 to be exact). It makes sense, I think most of the vampires are sposed to be from europe and the americas.
Mina is an adorable heroine, but beyond her cuteness and elegance is a highly intelligent and calculating character. As I read on, I realized that nowadays this series would be considered lame, it’s very of its time. It kind of envokes the feeling I get feom Shadow the Hedgehog, and ir did not surprise me that there were plenty of AMVs to stereotypically emo music of the 2010s and lady gaga.
I was born a little late to that stuff, but I desire a return of AMVs. I made one almost two years ago for CubexCursedxCurious. I couldn’t watch any of the Vamp Bund ones since I didn’t want to be spoiled on the anime.
All that aside, it’s so far a 8/10 at least. I’m waiting to get more volumes before I make more judgement on the story.
As for Kuroyuri Apartment, well.
It’s nice, very cute and clean style. I could tell immediately it was released around the same time as Himouto Umaru (2016-2018 was definitely a good time for slice of life)
However, outside of being cute with an interesting enough premise— it’s kind of bad. I was expecting a cute daddy-daughter dynamic story, but kind of got an almost-harem-somehow-not-ecchi comedy.
It’s fine, but not good by any means. Yuzuki Gao seems to make a lot of mediocre work, but has a nice art style.
Last, Saekano. Which, I’m actually only a couple of pages into. I was really interested in Eriri which is why I grabbed it when I saw it at the bookstore. She reminds me a lot of Kanzaki H. Aria? Twintailed tsundere, half english and half japanese.
All I could gather in the little I read was a bit generic, but I’m sure once I get further I might like it. The girls are very cute, Utaha is gorgeous and Megumi looks quite cute. I’m excited to see if the whole game plot is realized.
For today, that’s all I have. Tomorrow will be an anime day because I’m watchin a lot right now, so perhaps a review of whatever I watch. Goodnight folks -w-
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Twenty years ago, at seventeen and still serving as crown prince of Deorvinci, Adax visited a neighboring kingdom and encountered a young woman named Milandra. She was strong-willed, tomboyish, and not particularly warm upon first meeting, though entirely free of arrogance. She owned and operated a tavern she had built entirely through her own efforts.· 0 replies
What struck Adax immediately was that Milandra was completely unbothered by his royal status. She told him plainly that status meant nothing and that every human being was equal regardless of rank. She went on to explain her philosophy simply and directly. Her wealthy parents had always tried to shelter her behind luxury, covering everything for her without allowing her to build anything herself. She found this suffocating and left without taking much with her, not even significant money, choosing instead to start from nothing. She worked simple labor, grew her earnings carefully, and eventually built her tavern from the ground up. She told him the most genuinely enjoyable part of the process was not the money itself but the act of growing it, of hiring people without being overly selective, of watching something real develop through sustained effort and genuine interest. She observed that most wealthy people became trapped the moment they acquired money, treating wealth itself as the destination rather than as a byproduct of real engagement with the world, losing any authentic interest in life beyond the maintenance of their status.
She then said something that stayed with Adax long after their meeting. If a person is genuinely interested in the world, why would they pray to God for miracles and safety when almost anything is achievable through effort and wholehearted engagement with life? Are there really things beyond human reach? Is even danger truly as threatening as it appears?
Rather than taking offense Adax found himself thinking deeply. He already harbored private suspicions about Deorvinci's approach to governance and faith, and Milandra's words reminded him of perspectives he had encountered in records about Theolis and their mysterious central figure known only as B.
The situation ended in tragedy. Kingdom officials noticed that Milandra's tavern was generating exceptional revenue and moved to impose an increased tax beyond what was legally mandated. Her employees protested, correctly pointing out that no law permitted taxation based purely on earnings at that scale. Initially Milandra decided to comply in order to prevent the conflict from escalating further. However her employees refused to accept this, insisting that compliance with an unlawful demand was not something they were willing to offer. Their conviction changed her mind. She reversed her decision and told the officials directly that their attempt to penalize her was, if anything, a compliment. To be targeted as the fastest earner in the kingdom simply by being genuinely interested in the world was not something she considered an insult.
The officials responded by ordering her arrest. When she refused to pay the unlawful tax increase the matter escalated without formal trial and she was executed.
Her employees, who had come to see her as a genuinely real and admirable person rather than simply an employer, were devastated. They were powerless to act against the officials.
Adax could not intervene. To do so openly would have drawn dangerous attention and risked souring or entirely rupturing the relationship between his kingdom and Deorvinci, potentially escalating into open conflict. He said nothing and did nothing, and has carried that silence ever since.
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So much noise! People banging and sawing on the roof all day.· 1 reply
Then one of them comes to me and says I have to give them money before they go away.
Seems like some sort of protection scam to me.
(Having some roof work done. )
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To think we’re nearly close to being done half of the year already is crazy. I’ll be 30 next February. Surreal to me to say the least. 😅· 0 replies
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